MastersofTime外研版選擇性必修3Unit2Alife'swork-DevelopingIdeas-Look＆predict:What’sthepassageabout?Matchthequestionstotheparagraphsandfindouttheanswers.aWhyisWangJinoptimisticaboutthefutureofthe

timepiecesin

thePalaceMuseum?bWhyisitpainstakingforWangJinandhisstudenttorepairthe

collectionoftimepiecesinthePalaceMuseum?cWhathasbeendonetotheclocksthatdatebacktothe

timeof

EmperorQianlong?dWhoisWangJinandwheredoeshework?eWhatqualitiesdoWangJinandhiscolleaguesdisplayin

theirwork?fWhatwasspecialaboutWangJinandhisstudentQiHaonan?

534162InthequietcourtyardsofXiSanSuo,behindthehighwallsof

theForbiddenCity,timeticks

atitsownpace.Ifithadn'tbeen

forathree-episodedocumentary,outsiderswouldneverhave

knownthattheplainly-dressedpeopleworkingherearemasters

oftheircraft,whohavespenttheirlivesrestoringprecious

antiques.Amongtheseistheclockrestorationmaster,WangJin.在紫禁城高墻內(nèi)西三所安靜的庭院里,時(shí)間按著自己的節(jié)奏流逝著。要不是那三集紀(jì)錄片,外面的人永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)知道在這里工作的那些衣著樸素的人竟然都是精于各門(mén)技藝的大師,他們畢生都在修復(fù)珍貴的古董。這其中便包括鐘表修復(fù)大師王津。1.atone’sownpace以自己的節(jié)奏2.restorev.恢復(fù)-restorationn.恢復(fù)；復(fù)位

~sb/sthto使...官?gòu)?fù)原職/恢復(fù)為preciousadj.珍稀的；貴重的antiquen.古董；古玩；古物adj.古老的；古董的Para.1Walkingthroughthesevencrimsongatestowardshisworkplace,

WangJinstillregardshimselfasanordinaryworkerinthe

PalaceMuseum,althoughnowheisoftenstoppedbyadmirers

wantingtheirphototakenwithhim.Dayin,dayout,MrWang

andhisstudentsspendtheirtimerestoringclocksdatingback

hundredsofyears.Butforquitesometime,heandhisstudent

QiHaonanusedtobetheonlytwopeoplerepairingtimepieces

inthePalaceMuseum.王津穿過(guò)七重深紅色的大門(mén),走向自己的工作地點(diǎn)。盡管現(xiàn)在他經(jīng)常被想和他合影的粉絲攔住,他仍然認(rèn)為自己是故宮博物院的一名普通工人。王先生和他的學(xué)生們?nèi)諒?fù)一日地修復(fù)著數(shù)百年前的鐘表,但在過(guò)去相當(dāng)長(zhǎng)的一段時(shí)間里,故宮博物院修理鐘表的工匠只有他和他的學(xué)生齊吳楠。3.regard...as...把...視為regardlessof不管;不顧4.dayinanddayout=dayin,dayout=dayafterday=fromdaytoday日復(fù)一日5.datebackto=datefrom追溯到；起源于Para.2Qingemperorswereveryfond_____clocks.Therefore,inordertopleasethem,foreignenvoys

presentedtheseemperors_____themostintricateandsplendidtimepieces.Today,thePalaceMuseumhasoneofthemostsignificantcollectionsoftimepiecesintheworld,mainlyoriginating_____EuropeandChina.Withobjectsrangingfromsmallpocketwatchestoclocksoveronemetreinheight,eachoftheserequiresitsownuniquemethodofrestoration.朝的皇帝們十分喜歡鐘表。因此,外國(guó)使節(jié)們把最精致、最華麗的鐘表送給這些皇帝來(lái)取悅他們?nèi)缃?故宮博物院擁有一部分世界上最重要的鐘表藏品,這些鐘表主要來(lái)自歐洲和中國(guó)。小到懷表,大到超過(guò)一米高的鐘表,每一件都有其獨(dú)特的修復(fù)方法。ofwithfromPara.36.befondof喜歡bekeenon喜愛(ài)；渴望7.presentsbwithsth=presentsthtosb向某人介紹、展示、呈現(xiàn)某物8.orginatefrom起源于originn.originaladj.9.significantadj.顯著的；重要的；意味深長(zhǎng)的significancen.意義；重要性【近】vital/crutial/critical/important/essentialGiventhe________(complex)ofthework

andthelackofnecessarymaterials,thismeansthateachexpert

canworkona__________(max)oftwolargepiecesayear.But,through

theirpainstakingefforts,MrWangandhisstudentsdomore

thanrepairtheclockstheybringthemback____life.工作的復(fù)雜性和必要材料的缺乏意味著每位專(zhuān)家每年最多只能修復(fù)兩件大型鐘表。但是,王先生和他的學(xué)生們通過(guò)艱苦的努力不只是修復(fù)了鐘表一一他們還讓鐘表恢復(fù)了生命。max/maximumtocomplexityPara.310.complexadj.復(fù)雜的-complexityn.復(fù)雜性；錯(cuò)綜復(fù)雜11.max=maximum[正式用法]n.最大值

the~of..的最大值12.bringsthtolife使...蘇醒；生動(dòng)起來(lái)painstakingadj.刻苦的；辛苦的；需專(zhuān)注的

Para.4Theonlysoundtobreakthe______(silent)inWangJin'sworkshopis

thechiming

melodyoftherepairedand_____(polish)clocks.To

WangJinitisthemostbeautifulmusicintheworld.Now,after

eightmonthsofendlessadjustments,thetimehasfinallycome

forMrWangtowind_____thegiganticclocksthatdateback____the

timeofEmperorQianlong.在王津的工作坊里,唯一能打破寂靜的聲音是在修理、拋光鐘表時(shí)發(fā)出的報(bào)時(shí)的旋律。對(duì)王津來(lái)說(shuō),這是世界上最美的音樂(lè)。經(jīng)過(guò)八個(gè)月無(wú)休止的調(diào)整,王先生現(xiàn)在終于進(jìn)行到了為乾隆皇帝時(shí)代的巨型鐘表上弦的時(shí)候。silencepolishedupto13.polishvt.擦亮；打磨；修正改進(jìn)、潤(rùn)色

polish(up)theessay給文章潤(rùn)色14.windup結(jié)束；使緊張；卷起；上緊發(fā)條（鐘表）15.giganticadj.巨大的；龐大的【近】huge/enormous/tremendous/massive/vast/immenseenormousbenefits/expenses巨大的利益/巨額費(fèi)用;maketremendousefforts付出巨大努力;massivearguement大吵一架;vast/enormous/hugequantitiesof大量的immensecrowdofpeople人山人海16.melodyn.曲調(diào)；旋律；曲子rhythmn.節(jié)奏；韻律lyricn.歌詞

Para.4Para.4Theintricatelyfashionedobjectsthat

havestoodstillforcenturiesinstantly

comebacktolife:water

flows,boatssail,dogsbark,chickensflaptheirwingsanda

womanstartstospin.Itisatrulyawe-inspiringmoment.Itis

suddenlyclearthatwhentheclockmasterssaythat"these

antiqueshavelives",itisneitheranexaggerationnora

metaphor.那些已經(jīng)靜止了幾個(gè)世紀(jì)的造型復(fù)雜的擺件瞬間復(fù)活了:水流動(dòng)著,船航行著,狗吠叫著,雞拍動(dòng)著翅膀,一個(gè)女人紡著線。這真是一個(gè)令人驚嘆的時(shí)刻。人們突然明白,當(dāng)鐘表大師們說(shuō)“這些古董有生命”時(shí),這既不是夸張,也不是比喻。Para.4那些已經(jīng)靜止了幾個(gè)世紀(jì)的造型復(fù)雜的擺件瞬間復(fù)活了:水流動(dòng)著,船航行著,狗吠叫著,雞拍動(dòng)著翅膀,一個(gè)女人紡著線。這真是一個(gè)令人驚嘆的時(shí)刻。人們突然明白,當(dāng)鐘表大師們說(shuō)“這些古董有生命”時(shí),這既不是夸張,也不是比喻。17.instantadj.立即的

instantlyadv.立即地；一...就=theinstant【近】immediately/directly/themoment/theminuteassoonas/nosooner...than/hardly、scarcely、barely...when18.comebacktolife復(fù)活

intricatelyadv.雜亂地awe-inspiringadj.使人敬畏的；令人驚嘆的Para.5But,despitethecombinedworkofseveralgenerationsof

masters,itseemsunlikelythattherestorationoftheclockswill

everbecomplete.______ifeveryclockinthePalaceMuseum

wererestored,therewouldstillbeworktodo.Be

restorationwouldprobablyneedtobeginagainontheclocks

thatwererepairedlongago.Thisisaraceagainsttimethatcan

neverbewon!Nonetheless,MrWangremainsoptimisticabout

thefutureofthesetimepieces.但是,盡管經(jīng)過(guò)了幾代大師的共同努力,鐘表的修復(fù)似乎永遠(yuǎn)不可能完成。即使故宮博物院的每一件鐘表都被修復(fù)了,仍然有工作要做,因?yàn)榭赡苄枰匦麻_(kāi)始對(duì)很久以前修復(fù)的鐘表進(jìn)行修復(fù)。這是一場(chǎng)與時(shí)間的寒跑,卻永遠(yuǎn)不可能贏!盡管如此,王先生對(duì)這些鐘表的未來(lái)仍持樂(lè)觀態(tài)度。Even19.despite=inspiteof盡管+n.20.evenif/though即使

asif/though仿佛21.nonetheless然而；盡管如此22.beoptimistic/pessimisticabout對(duì)...積極/消極積極的-positive/active消極的-negative/passivePara.5Followinginthefootstepsofhis

ownteacherallthoseyearsago,MrWanghasnowpassedonhis

skillstothenewmembers,whowilltakeonmanyofthefuture

repairs.What'smore,inspiredtofollowinhisfathersfootsteps,

MrWang’ssonnowhasalsotakenuprepairingantiqueclocks.Thisnewgenerationofartisanswillnotonlyhelppreserve

traditionalskills:theinnovationtheybringtothecraftwillalso

ensurethattheartofclockrepairingstandsthetestoftime.多年前,王先生繼承了師父的事業(yè),而現(xiàn)在他將自己的技藝傳授給了將承擔(dān)未來(lái)許多修復(fù)工作的新成員。更重要的是,在繼承父業(yè)這一壯志的激勵(lì)下,王先生的兒子現(xiàn)在也開(kāi)始修復(fù)古董鐘表。新一代的工匠不僅能夠協(xié)助保留傳統(tǒng)技藝,他們給技藝帶來(lái)的創(chuàng)新也將確保鐘表修復(fù)技術(shù)能夠經(jīng)得起時(shí)間的考驗(yàn)。Para.523.followinthefootstepsofsb=followinone’sfootsteps繼承某人的事業(yè)24.passonsthto把...傳遞給、傳承給25.takeon承擔(dān)；顯現(xiàn)takeup拿起；從事；占據(jù)26.preservev.保護(hù)；維護(hù)n.保護(hù)區(qū)~/protects